
C. Detouche, 228–230 rue Saint-Martin — Trade Card
C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver, 19th century
$235
Print check at 24 x 16 in: 177 dpi, good. Trimmed 0.2% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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A second Detouche card from a grander address up the same street — the house literally moving up the rue Saint-Martin, and its printed paper keeping pace with more elaborate ornament. Read side by side with its sibling card, it is a business biography in two engravings. This is what the trade called horlogerie et bijouterie: watches and jewelry as one profession, and the letterhead itself as the first proof of the shop's precision.
- Maker
- C. Detouche (house), unknown engraver
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium of the original
- Engraving
- Original held by
- Musée Carnavalet, Paris
- Credit
- Musée Carnavalet, Paris · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00545
| Picture | 24 x 16 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 25.6 x 17.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | 354 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.2% |
| 18 x 12 in | 236 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.2% |
| 24 x 16 in | 177 | Good | Trimmed 0.2% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | 141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 118 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 4,256 x 2,832 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)
- Tone
- Darks 119, lights 233 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 23.58
- Notes
- Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
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